A study of narcolepsy patients who were taking sodium oxybate for treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy found that a clinically meaningful therapeutic response was achieved in the majority of patients within one to two months. However, in most patients a longer period of time was required to achieve maximum response, according to results published in the April issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. According to the authors, it is important for physicians to allow sufficient time to observe a clinically relevant response before changing a treatment strategy.
Read the study: Time to Response with Sodium Oxybate for the Treatment of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Cataplexy in Patients with Narcolepsy
